Apparently influenced by Montesquieu's judgment that Spartan helotry combined the worst features of slavery and serfdom, Dew credited the Athenians with treating their slaves gently.

I am lactose-intolerant, so I can't drink milk.

[…]there is neither toastable bread nor bacon in the house!

At all events, the sarcophagic and stercophagic insects are attracted to their food chiefly, if not entirely, by odour.